BILL THE MINDER
Written by W. Heath Robinson. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 2126525
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1982. Almost very good condition.

Facsimile edition of this classic children's tale. Large format. Blue boards, gilt titles and vignettes. Blue endpapers. 15 colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. 254 pages. ISBN: 0340277327. Wear to cover edges; a bit of scuffing. Some marks. Front endpaper is creased. Some foxing and browning, but contents are very good.

EDMUND DULAC'S FAIRY BOOK
No author listed. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.
Stock no. 2126380
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1916. Almost very good condition.

De-luxe edition limited to only 350 signed and numbered copies. 15 glorious tipped-in colour plates mounted on vellum, each mount edged with gold. White cloth elaborately decorated with gilt to front cover and spine. Vellum endpapers. Deckled edges. 170 pages. 11.5 x 9". SIGNED by Dulac to verso of a free front endpaper. This is Copy No. 52. Spine and edges are browned. Bump to bottom of spine. Some grubby marks to cloth. Surface paper damage to front pastedown, where it appears that something has been removed (possibly a bookplate). Front endpaper has inscriptions in ink; one crossed out, with tape glue marks, where again it appears that something has been removed. Rear pastedown also has some surface paper damage. Edge tear to margin on one contents page. Some darkening and grubby margin marks to pages. All plates are present and beautifully bright.

THE FABLES OF AESOP
Written by Aesop. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold.
Stock no. 2126057
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. 23 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards. Assumed 1st edition. Spotting/browning to spine; some chipping to cloth at top and tail; a little fraying. Wear along cover edges; a few small nicks at corners. Some foxing and browning, mostly to prelims. All plates present. Bottom corner of page 144 has small piece torn off.

THE AUTOCRAT OF THE NURSERY
Written by L.T. Meade. Illustrated by T. Pym.
Stock no. 2126022
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1884. Good condition.

Red pictorial cloth, gilt/black titles. B/w illustrations. 2-3" split to base of spine, with some fraying to cloth. A couple of other smaller splits to spine. Browning to spine. Wear and bumping to corners, with some chipping. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Some grubby margin marks and foxing.

THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Written by Francis Turner Palgrave. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 2125650
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1928. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Orange cloth with black titles. 12 beautiful tipped-in and tissue-guarded colour plates. Darkening to top and tail of spine. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Foxing to endpapers, outer page edges and some page margins. All plates present. Wrapper is price-cut with browning; edge-tears and chips; a bit of loss to top edge and some corners.

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS AND OTHER PLAYS
Written by Edgar A. Browne. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1317376
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1919. Very good condition.

Contains: Queen of Hearts; The Frog Prince; Beauty and the Beast; Bluebeard. Beige cloth, brown titles and vignette to front within a yellow oval. 4 colour plates plus b/w illustrations. 142 numbered pages. Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing and some fingering to contents.

FORMULA FERRARI
Written by Umberto Zapelloni.
Stock no. 1610411
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Glazed boards. The first official inside story of the most successful team in the history of Formula 1. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0340834714. Spine is bumped and lightly faded.

A SONG OF THE ENGLISH
Written by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1208800
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. Circa 1915. Almost very good condition.

Published for the Daily Telegraph by Hodder & Stoughton. Large format. Cream cloth with dark blue titles and vignettes. 16 tipped-in colour plates mounted on brown stiff paper with decorative border. 11 x 8.5". Spine darkened, covers slightly soiled. Spine and corners bumped. Front joint cracked. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers, title page and some page margins browned. Plates fine.

ROWAN BARNES-MURPHY'S MOTHER GOOSE
No author listed. Illustrated by Rowan Barnes-Murphy.
Stock no. 2123796
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Pictorial glazed boards, large format. Pale blue endpapers. Colour illustrations to text. 156 pages. ISBN: 0340501227. Small bookseller label to bottom of front pastedown. A few margin marks. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears to top and tail of spine, which is also faded.

THE SHELTERS OF STONE
Written by Jean M. Auel.
Stock no. 2123407
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st 2002. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0340821957. Wrapper is edge-creased with faded spine.

THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
Written by J.M. Barrie. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
Stock no. 1407026
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1914. Almost very good condition.

Limited edition of 500 SIGNED by Hugh Thomson. White vellum, heavily decorated with gilt. 20 beautiful tipped-in colour plates. Top edges gilt. 235pp. 12.5 x 10". A very handsome book. SIGNED by Thomson. This is copy no. 148. Bumping to spine and corners. Covers are grubby and rear cover has a couple of marks. Creasing to front endpaper and prelims including mount and tissue guard for frontis but plate itself is not affected. Browning to endpapers. Some light page browning. Light foxing mostly to prelims and page edges and some fingering. One page and last tissue guard creased. Plates all present and in very good condition.

JIM BRENT
Written by Sapper.
Stock no. 2123226
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1939. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Red Cloth with black title to spine. Wrapper is badly torn and chipped, with pieces of loss.